Sean Charles – Ph.D. studentSean’s research focuses on the functional implications of spatial and temporal distribution of vegetation regime shifts in coastal wetlands. He is testing the effects of mangrove expansion into freshwater and marine marsh ecosystems with increasing winter low temperatures and sea-level rise on carbon sequestration and accretion rates. Curriculum Vitae

Ximena is studying the ecology of canals in South Florida, specifically how net ecosystem productivity and water management influence nutrient and contaminant removal. She is being supported by a NSF-funded Center for Research Excellence in Science and Technology (CREST) at FIU. Curriculum Vitae

Matt Smith – Ph.D. student

Matt is studying the sustainability of urban infrastructure under climate extremes. He is participating in a multi-city collaborative project called the Urban Resilience to Extremes – Sustainability Research Network (UREx-SRN). Matt’s research is a collaboration with the City of Miami Beach in an effort to provide social, ecological, and technological solutions (SETS) to urban and coastal flooding. Curriculum Vitae

Michelle Robinson & Mike Kline – field technicians Michelle and Mike join us from Audubon Florida with extensive experience field work in the Everglades and Florida Bay. Both work with Dr. Jerry Lorenz on research that links water salinity and hydroperiod to habitat and food for endangered species, such as the Roseate spoonbill. Their focus in our lab is to maintain a long-term salinity and phosphorus addition to freshwater sawgrass wetland mesocosms at the Florida Bay Interagency Science Center in Key Largo, Florida.